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| Fifty One Fifty
 |  "Carrier roof unit condensate tray damaged"
, posted Wed 1 Aug 12:31  
Crack head copper thieves have struck again. Instead of cutting the condensation lines, they've resorted to just snapping the lines off at the fitting. These units are about seven years old, where the tray is a one-piece design entirely out of fiberglass, all the way to the fittings. With the horizontal plug end completely snapped off (no threads at all!), is there any way to fix this and make it watertight without resorting to major surgery, which means replacing the entire tray? Right now I'm looking at a Mickey Mouse repair involving lots of silicone and I'm wondering if I'm just wasting my time. Much thanks in advance for any advice shared.
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| fitter597
| "Re(1):Carrier roof unit condensate tray damag" , posted Wed 1 Aug 22:49
If your clever enough you can rig something pretty good, remember you have no pressure in the condonsate, I've seen some pretty good rig jobs that have held up for quite some time, give it a shot.
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| | Fifty One Fifty
| "Re(2):Carrier roof unit condensate tray damag" , posted Thu 2 Aug 11:36
Yeah, thanks for the response. Rigging something was the only viable solution. What we eventually came up with is a 1-1/4" pipe flange mounted over opening where the tray's fitting would normally protrude through, purposely offsetting the flange down some so gravity can work its magic. Bridged and sealed the inside of that up with some silicone, then adapted down from that to some 1/2" electrical conduit. That PVC won't last forever, but at least no one will want to steal it. Anyway, I'm not sure what the newest Carrier units look like, but I'm hoping they're rethinking the engineering involved with these hook-ups so that when something like this does happen, it CAN be repaired properly. Copper thieves suck and can rot in hell.
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